How to pronounce “stop-and-search”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• (law, law enforcement) Of or pertaining to laws or policing practices, found in some jurisdictions, which permit a law enforcement officer to temporarily detain and search a member of the public based on the officer's suspicions.
• [Noun]
• A police action of this type.

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